Racial Justice Resources for Families
Racial Justice Resources for Families
A Resource List for Talking With Children About Race and Racial Justice
Compiled by Debbie Gline Allen, Minister of Faith Formation
Articles for Parents
- Anti-Racism for Kids: An Age-By-Age Guide to Fighting Hate
- Beyond the Hashtag: How To Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
- How To Be Anti-Racist: Speak Out in Your Own Circles (includes examples of microagressions)
- How White Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Race
- It's Not a Multi-Cultural Church If...
- Talking with Children About Racism, Police Brutality, and Protests
- Teaching Young Children About Race
- Ten Steps for Reviewing Children's Books on Racism
- They're Not Too Young to Talk About Race (age chart)
- When Christians Won't Say #BlackLivesMatter
- White Supremacy and Anti-Blackness: A Covert and Overt Beast (includes an overt & covert white supremacy chart)
- Your 5-Year-Old is Already Racially Biased - Here's What You Can Do About It
Video
- 21 Anti-Racism Videos to Share with Kids from We Are Teachers
Books
- A comprehensive list of books for all ages from St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, D.C.
- Black Lives Matter Instructional Library - read-aloud video links - 30 books in English, 6 in Spanish, curated by Phoebe Defino
Websites
- Embrace Race
- KidCo: Miss Anna Talks to Kids A out Racism (includes free discussion/activity downloads for parents & families)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian): Talking About Race
- Raising Race Conscious Children
- Social Justice Books
- Learning for Justice